New Products (Oct 2002)
Spot distribution system
Slingspot.com
Audio Delivery Network
A method of moving radio commercials and audio clips, this service
brings recording studios, advertising agencies, radio stations and
clients together to reduce the workload of spot distribution and
trafficking. This system allows recording studios, duplication
facilities and advertising agencies to send radio spots quickly to
hundreds of radio stations across North America. This product was
developed to accommodate all aspects of spot distribution including
integrated scheduling, dual notification, proof of delivery and
archiving. Users create a package, choose the recipients, traffic and
then pass the package to Slingspot.com for delivery.
877-708-SPOT
fax 416-778-9799
www.slingspot.com
info@slingspot.com
Audio module
Harris
Intraplex PT/PR-353
For use in the Intraplex STL Plus, the PT/PR-353 IBOC audio module
provides digital transport of as much as 22.5kHz bandwidth, CD-quality
stereo and uncompressed audio with sampling rates of 32kHz, 44.1kHz and
48kHz. The STL Plus combines audio signals with other audio, voice and
data traffic for transport over T1, E1 and other high-speed digital
lines. With no data compression used in the process, the effects of
encoding and decoding algorithms are reduced.
800-622-0022
fax 513-459-3890
www.harris.com
broadcast@harris.com
Microphones
OKM Soundman
PX and PXS
The Pop (PX) microphones and the Pop Studio (PXS) microphones are
designed for above-average SPL. The Pop Studio mic offers a channel
difference of less than 0.5dB. This range of stereo headset
microphones, which is useful for mini recording systems (DAT and
mini-disk), provides a quality stereo image. These mics plug into any
computer sound card, mini recorder or camcorder.
207-773-2424
fax 207-773-2422
www.independentaudio.com
info@independentaudio.com
Rack-mount preamp/mixer
ATIGroup (Audio Toys)
8MX2
The 8MX2 is a companion for digital multitrack systems. It offers
eight high-voltage mic preamps in a rack space, and a stereo mix bus
with full monitoring capabilities. Each channel also offers a variable
threshold limiter as well as full cueing capabilities with metering of
level and limiter attenuation. Each of the mic preamps features a
41-position detented trim control, a 41-position detented adjustable
limiter and a 41-position mix level pot. Other features include 48V
phantom power switching, a phase-inverting switch, a ground lift switch
and a mix assign and mute switch.
301-776-7879
fax 301-776-8117
www.audiotoys.com
sales@audiotoys.com
Vent panels
Holland Shielding Systems
Modular EMP vents
This range of vent panels offer not only EMI shielding, but also
protection against electromagnetic pulses (EMP). The modular system can
be assembled into frames as long as six meters. The material is
zinc-plated steel, stainless steel or aluminum. These panels are also
available in a honeycomb structure for smaller sizes in enclosures and
cabinets.
+31-0-78-6131366
fax +31-0-78-6149585
www.hollandshielding.com
info@hollandshielding.com
Site software
Softwright
Oversite
This software consists of two independent modules that operate under
Windows 95/98/NT 4/W2K/XP. The Asset Manager module documents the
details of how equipment is cataloged, installed and maintained at
fixed radio sites, as well as similar information about mobile units
that are being maintained. The Intermodulation Products Module predicts
and helps resolve undesired intermodulation products at a radio site.
These modules share a common database with the Softwright Terrain
Analysis Package software, eliminating the need to rekey information
required to do future radio coverage studies.
303-344-5486
fax 303-344-2811
www.softwright.com
sales@softwright.com
Telco interface
Pulsecom
Program Channel Access Unit
The Apt-X algorithm used by the Pulsecom/APT PCAU provides encoding
and decoding, and supports multiple tandem connections without
degradation. The Pulsecom/APT PCAU is useful for Secure Link
applications. Its Apt-X compression technology delivers secure, encoded
audio communication links that make the Pulsecom/APT PCAU useful for
protection against Internet hacking, public switched network access and
signal pirating. In standalone mode, this PCAU can provide broadband
audio over as much as three miles of standard twisted-pair telephone
wire, making it useful for a campus, high-rise building or intra-studio
applications. Optimized for disaster recovery situations, the unit's
clear, crisp audio transport avoids jumbled emergency communications.
It withstands Seismic Zone 4 events, is resistant to airborne
contaminants and immune to external EMI interference per Telcordia
GR-CORE-1089 and GR-CORE-64.
800-381-1997
fax 703-471-2951
www.pulse.com
On-air mixer
LPB
Airmate-Airmate Mixer
Built around low-noise circuitry, this console is a workhorse for
the efficient self-op production DJ. Eight triple input modules in a
19" rack mounted, RF-shielded steel chassis offer flexibility. Line B
can accept a plug in R.I.A.A. equalized phono pre-amp on each module.
Every module has a balanced mic input with phantom power as standard.
The front panel on switch is wired in series with the fader start
switch to select a fader start or a hard start. Fader start is only
active in the line mode of the module. The start jack connector is
wired to a completely isolated, sealed reed relay for perfect
interfacing with different types of equipment. A level restricted
three-band equalizer corrects frequency problems. The aux send is pre-
or post-fader jumper able on the PCBs. A jumper on the mic input signal
path activates a high cut.
610-825-4100
fax 610-825-4047
www.lpbinc.com
lpbinc@aol.com
Nearfield monitor
Klein+ Hummel
O 110 D
This monitor can be directly connected to the digital output of a
console and offers all the audio features of the analog model, with a
24-bit word length resolution and a sampling rate of 32kHz-96kHz. It
also features a 2 × 4 position room equalization to adapt to
various positioning options and is magnetically shielded for
installation next to a TV monitor. The cabinet and baffle are made of a
low resonance integral molding (LRIM) material that forms an
HF-elliptical waveguide into the baffle to achieve good directivity. It
also avoids unwanted edge diffraction and standing waves inside the
cabinet. This monitor is useful for nearfield monitoring in small
spaces. It can also be used as a rear monitor for surround applications
together with larger front and center monitors.
+49 711 45 89 30
fax +49 711 45 89 335
www.klein-hummel.de
sales@klein-hummel.de
Radio facility automation
Gangverk ehf
Mayo Radio System
Radio automation adds many new sources of revenue to a radio station
including SMS revenue sharing with mobile operators, e-commerce and
m-commerce revenue sharing, targeted online advertising, cost savings
through automation and demographic knowledge to be used for the
targeting of radio advertising. This company helps radio stations
develop a Web and mobile presence that provides the station with
dedicated listeners and feedback. The website is customizable to a
station's look and feel, or can be integrated with an existing website.
Through Web or mobile interfaces listeners can view the station's
active logs in real time, select music for broadcast, send messages
with selections, receive SMS notifications when friends select music,
follow their personal top 10 charts as well as those of others and
receive SMS notifications before a favorite song, CD or artist is
played. The system is split into two components: the informational and
music selection components. The informational component consists of all
features excluding the listener music selection. Either of the
components can be used by existing radio stations without replacing
their current radio automation and on-air software.
+35 45 11 12 70
www.gangverk.is
Studio warning light controller
Jasoni Electronics
Kontrollex Model A-1
The A-1 system was designed for use with audio mixers that do not
have the capability for muting speakers when live microphones are used
in the same studio as monitoring speakers. This system also turns on a
warning light at the same time the speakers are muted. The studio
warning light can be programmed to illuminate in a solid or flashing
mode. An adjustable reset time is set by an outboard control. When the
switch's circuit is open the unit will operate, when closed the unit
resets. It operates on five to 35vdc. Remove the voltage and the unit
resets. If self-powered speakers are used in the monitoring system, RCA
jacks are used to loop through the audio send to the speakers. Multiple
lights can be used.
702-791-3394
fax 702 732-2200
Digital broadcast console
Otari
DB-10
The DB-10 console's digital audio I/O (four AES/EBU inputs, two
S/PDIF inputs, two AES/EBU outputs, one S/PDIF output) supports
32kHz-96kHz sampling. The console offers 10 input channel faders.
Channels five through 10 are provided with an input A/B switching
function. The four channels of microphone inputs are always connected
to channels one through four. The remaining two line input channels,
six stereo analog input channels, four AES/EBU input channels and two
SPDIF input channels can be routed to the A/B inputs of channels five
through 10. This console can store these setups in its internal memory:
99 snapshots, nine projects (console settings) and 20 compressor
presets. By connecting the console to an external PC via RS-232,
snapshots and projects can be saved and loaded easily. With the
password protect function, certain items in the menu system are
accessible to only specified users. There are two user levels, and the
console differentiates the users by the password used to log in. Also,
specified buttons can be locked out to prevent misoperation. If the
digital system should malfunction, pressing the EMG button connects one
mic path and one stereo line path to the program bus to feed the
minimum audio signals to the main output.
800-877-0577
fax 818-594-7208
www.otari.com
sales@otari.com
Data manager
RadioFuture
RDS/DAB-Box
This software was created so radio stations can manage, generate and
automatically transmit any RDS/RBDS data. RDS/DAB-Box generates cyclic
data and sends it to existing RDS coder stations. RDS data is generated
automatically using a programmable schedule, or interactively driven by
a remote studio. The software converts data from an automation system
and delivers it to an RBDS encoder for dynamic RBDS content. It is
available in four versions with varying features.
713-874-0820
www.radiofuture.com
info@radiofuture.com
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